it industry Archives

Mayorji, Bengaluru’s IT industry can do these for free – want to take them up?

November 13, 2013 Ashwin Mahesh

The Mayor feels IT industry has not done enough for Bengaluru. Sir, here are four things that IT can do for the city quickly. (a) Digitise the property records in the city, and host them

Society

See the finer print?

July 16, 2012 Pushpa Achanta

Still from the film (Courtesy: Jobin Andrews) What do places like Electronic City (Bangalore), Cyberabad (Hyderabad) and TIDEL Park (Chennai) have in common? Well, they are parts of large southern Indian metropolises where many information

In solidarity with their peers

April 27, 2011 Pushpa Achanta

Last Saturday evening (23rd April 2011), around thirty IT/ITeS Employees gathered under the banner of IT and ITeS Employee Centre (ITEC) in front of Bangalore’s Town Hall amidst heavy and incessant rain to

Economy

Do we remember our small farmers?

April 7, 2011 Pushpa Achanta

In Mandya, Vasanthamma, 28, wife of a silk farmer realised that she would be unable to repay Rs 1,20,000 borrowed from a local self-help group. She hung herself and so did Gowda, fearing creditors. They left behind 3 little children Chandrika (5 years), Kirtana (3 1/2) and Sharath (2).